Sang-Young Lee
Yonsei University
Biography
Sang-Young Lee is an Underwood Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Yonsei University, Korea. He also serves as a Director of the Yonsei Battery Research Center and a Head of the Department of Battery Engineering.
He received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University in 1991 and his MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from KAIST in 1993 and 1997, respectively. Prior to joining academia, he worked as a principal research scientist at LG Chem’s Battery R&D Center from 1997 to 2008, where he led the development of Safety Reinforcing Separators (SRS®), a ceramic-coated separator technology widely adopted in commercial EV batteries. During his tenure at LG Chem, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany from 2001 to 2002. He is a Fellow of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology and the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. His research interests include dry-processed electrodes, metal electrodes, organic-based solid-state batteries, and advanced electrolytes. He has authored over 270 peer-reviewed publications and filed more than 300 patent applications. In recognition of his contributions to battery technology, he received the 2025 ECS Battery Division Technology Award. He currently serves as an Editor of Journal of Power Sources and an Advisory Board Member of EES Batteries, Energy Storage Materials, and Journal of Energy Chemistry.
RSC journal affiliations
Advisory Board Member, EES Batteries